Embodied reading in a transparent orthography
Learning and Instruction, 2019 The embodiment framework posits that reading comprehension requires simulation. That is, the reader must use perceptual, action, and emotional systems to create an analogical representation of the situation described in the text. Moved by Reading teaches
Ashley Adams +2 more
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The Enduring Challenge of Literacy Issues in Adulthood: Investigating Spelling Deficits among Dyslexic Italian University Students [PDF]
Brain SciencesThe issue of literacy challenges among dyslexic adults remains a significant concern. This study investigates spelling deficits among highly educated adults with dyslexia learning a transparent orthography.
Francesca Vizzi +5 more
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The precursors of double dissociation between reading and spelling in a transparent orthography [PDF]
Annals of Dyslexia, 2016 Research and clinical practitioners have mixed views whether reading and spelling difficulties should be combined or seen as separate. This study examined the following: (a) if double dissociation between reading and spelling can be identified in a transparent orthography (Finnish) and (b) the cognitive and noncognitive precursors of this phenomenon ...
M. Torppa +4 more
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Early Literacy Development in Mandarin-Speaking Children: The Role of Phonological Awareness, Rapid Naming and Spoken Language Skills [PDF]
, 2012 In Taiwan, many children grow up in a bilingual environment, namely Mandarin and Taiwanese. They learn Zhuyin Fuhao – a semi-syllabic transparent orthography – at the beginning of the first grade before learning traditional Chinese characters.
Yeh, Lili
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Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement
Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 This study investigated the influence of multiliteracy in opaque orthographies on phonological awareness. Using a visual rhyme judgement task in English, we assessed phonological processing in three multilingual and multiliterate populations who were ...
Jia’en Yee +3 more
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Phonological awareness and learning to read in Afrikaans: The role of working memory
South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2021 Background: Phonological awareness (PA) skills and working memory (WM) are universally regarded as crucial precursors to skilled reading. The orthography of the language being read influences the ease with which a child learns to read.
Marizel Scheepers +3 more
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17TH CENTURY ESTONIAN ORTHOGRAPHY REFORM, THE TEACHING OF READING AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS; pp. 365–384 [PDF]
Trames, 2011 Literary languages can be divided into those which are more transparent or less transparent, based on phoneme-grapheme correspondence. The Estonian language falls in the category of more transparent languages; however, its development could have pro ...
Aivar Põldvee
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Languages, 2021 Background: The present study aims to investigate the effect of the first language (L1) orthography on the perception of the second language (L2) vowel contrasts and whether orthographic effects occur at the sublexical level.
Georgios P. Georgiou
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Letter processing in Russian: Does orthography matter?
Acta Psychologica, 2021 Prior research has suggested that the identification and encoding of letter positions within letter strings might be influenced by orthography. Letters in transparent languages (e.g., Greek) with regular grapheme-to-phoneme correspondences are processed ...
Svetlana Alexeeva, Aleksandra Dobrego
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The development of reading tests for use in a regularly spelled language. [PDF]
, 2000 Data are presented on the development of tests of reading skill in rural Tanzanian primary school pupils. Instruction in these schools is in Kiswahili, a regularly spelt language.
McGregor, S. +8 more
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